Sébastien Ogier: “A trend is confirmed” with the Citroën C3

With 122 points on the clock after Rally from Chile, Sébastien Ogier took back control of the world championship, taking advantage of the zero points of Thierry Neuville (Hyundai), victime d’une impressionnante, mais heureusement sans gravité sortie de route en Amérique du Sud.

Un cinquième podium en 2019 qui permet au Français de poursuivre son excellent début de saison, ponctué de deux victoires au Rallye Monte-Carlo et au Mexique. Malgré cette photo instantanée plus qu’encourageante dans l’optique de conserver le titre mondial, l’ancien pilote Volkswagen et M-Sport Ford reconnait qu’il reste du travail dans le clan Citroën.

“After this second rally in a row in South America, the results remain essentially the same, comments Ogier. We see a fairly clear trend confirmed, since we have difficulty being competitive when grip conditions are low, and therefore on the first laps. On the other hand, when the grip is better, we manage to be more in rhythm. »

Citroën Racing is well aware of the problem and will begin specific work very quickly. “We have testing this week with several things to try to progress in these conditions. » specifies Ogier

Discover the full report of the Chile Rally, produced by our special correspondent in Concepcion, with a focus on the solutions put in place by Citroën Racing to improve the C3 WRC, in issue 2216 of AUTOhebdo, already available in digital version and on newsstands.